Hakim-hakim 15:6

15:6 The Philistines asked, ¹  “Who did this?” They were told, ²  “Samson, the Timnite’s son-in-law, because the Timnite ³  took Samson’s ⁴  bride and gave her to his best man.” So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father. ⁵ 

Hakim-hakim 20:10

20:10 We will take ten of every group of a hundred men from all the tribes of Israel (and a hundred of every group of a thousand, and a thousand of every group of ten thousand) to get supplies for the army. ⁶  When they arrive in Gibeah of Benjamin they will punish them for the atrocity which they committed in Israel.” ⁷ 

Hakim-hakim 21:16

21:16 The leaders ⁸  of the assembly said, “How can we find wives for those who are left? ⁹  After all, the Benjaminite women have been wiped out.

[15:6]  ¹ tn Or “said.”

[15:6]  ² tn Heb “and they said.” The subject of the plural verb is indefinite.

[15:6]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Timnite) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[15:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Samson) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[15:6]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew text expands the statement with the additional phrase “burned with fire.” The words “with fire” are redundant in English and have been omitted from the translation for stylistic reasons. Some textual witnesses read “burned…her father’s house,” perhaps under the influence of 14:15. On the other hand, the shorter text may have lost this phrase due to haplography.

[20:10]  ⁶ tn Or “people.”

[20:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “to do at their arrival in Geba of Benjamin according to all the disgraceful [thing] which he [collective = “Benjamin”] did in Israel.” Here “Geba” must be an error for “Gibeah.”

[21:16]  ⁸ tn Or “elders.”

[21:16]  ⁹ tn Heb “What should we do for the remaining ones concerning wives?”